Kanji1 / 5
本 kanji
book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things
- JLPT level
- N5 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 5
- School grade
- Grade 1 (elementary school)
On readings
ホン
Kun readings
もと
Variant forms
夲Words with 本
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —一本釣fishing with a pole
- —古板本old woodblock-printed book from the Muromachi period or earlier
- —ご本尊principal object of worship at a temple (usu. a buddha or bodhisattva); principal image; idol; the man himself; the person at the heart of the matter
- —刷り本unbound book (damp from the press); printed sheets
- —摺り本unbound book (damp from the press); printed sheets
- —二本差two-sworded (samurai)
- —本ぶりheavy rainfall; heavy snowfall; steady rainfall; downpour; raining in earnest
- —本ものgenuine article; real thing; real deal
- —帳本人originator; ringleader; perpetrator; main culprit; person responsible
- —本當にreally; truly
- —禾本科Poaceae (family of flowering plants); Gramineae
- —貸し本books for loan
- —折り本folding book; folded sections of a book
- —繊六本julienne (esp. of daikon); long, thin strips
- —本決りdefinite decision; final decision
- —本山葵real wasabi (as opposed to Western horseradish)
- —真字本book written entirely in kanji
- —本湿地Lyophyllum shimeji (species of edible mushroom)
- —基本型fundamental form; basic form; basic pattern; basic model; basic type; prototype
- —本祭りmain festival; main day of a festival